TechnoHolics

Who is NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?

It is a built-in user account that is run on a Windows OS. It has powers even more than the Administrator account ! Using that account, one can gain complete control over everything. You can kill any stubborn process, make system wide changes etc. But, one cannot log in as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Windows doesn’t allow this and for a good reason coz malicious programs if run as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, then it would be nothing less than a disaster!

Why should I become the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?

There are many rare instances when you will need to become the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM like in case you cannot end a virus process using Task Manager or from command line using taskkill even when the /f switch is used.

How can I become NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM ?

Here is a little trick that allows you to gain system wide access as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM in XP. This won’t work in Vista. Read more…

A virus or trojan usually disables or blocks access to regedit, taskmgr and cmd. Whenever you access these disabled components, you’ll get a dialog box with messages like these :
“Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” or
“Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator” or
“The command prompt has been disabled by your administrator”

Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator

Here’s an an example. Consider that you need to automate uploading any file(s) to your site, say prashanthpai.com. You’ll require this if you need to update the same file(s) very frequently.

1. Open notepad and type the following and save it as “upload.ftp“. You can save it with any name and any extension. Don’t save it as txt file. It works perfectly but others can open and see the ftp username and password easily.
   

   open prashanthpai.com
   username
   password
   cd public_html/downloads
   put C:MySitego.exe
   bye

• First line will make connection to ftp server at prashanthpai.com
• Don’t forget to replace prashanthpai.com with your site name or IP address.
• Enter you ftp username and password in second and third line respectively.

Read more…

What are file templates ?
When you right-click on the desktop and select the ‘New‘, you’ll notice a series of file types (templates) to create a new file.

Create File Templates in XP using TweakUI

Here’s something that lets you have your own file template to make things easier. Read more…